Free Tacos and Job Applications Outside Yahoo Headquarters Today

Today was the rumored layoff date for 1,500 Yahoo employees. While packing up desk accessories, these recruitable folks probably weren't in the best of moods, but at least they'll have free tacos awaiting them outside the Sunnyvale, California offices. And more important, long-term at least, job applications.

Video chat startup TokBox (which raised $10 million in August) will be feeding the laid-off today, in an attempt to also fill five jobs. The odds of getting a taco and a job aren't good, but the odds of getting a taco alone are.

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